For anyone interested, Hunt for the Wilderpeople has just passed 10 weeks in the top 5 at the NZ box office, and has racked up a pretty impressive total of $7.5 million USD so far. That's the highest for any local NZ film and higher than a lot of blockbusters. I looked back on BOM and only 5 films are higher. This is Taika Waititi's latest project, and his next is Thor: Ragnorak so it should be interesting to see how that fairs here in NZ. Wilderpeople is set to release on June 24th in the States, but I have no idea how wide a release it's going to have. Taika's other film, Boy, only opened in something like 18 so I'm interested to see if this gets a wider release.
Avatar $12,587,471
Star Wars: The Force Awakens $9,950,215
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $9,208,549
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $8,879,189
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $8,052,804
Hunt for the Wilderpeople $7,516,364
The Avengers $7,140,832
Excuse my horrible formatting :^)
http://www.the-numbers.com/weekend-box-office-chart/New-Zealand